Improvement in horse hay-rakes



W. ADRIANOE. Horse Hay-Rakes.

No.199,486.' Patented Jan. 22,1878.

ti. FEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER ADRIANOE, 0F POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,486, dated January 22, 1878; application filed July 14, 1877'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER ADRIANOE, of .Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse Hay-Rakes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my improvement applied to arake, when the upper section of the rake-head is removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My improvement relates to certain novel means for connecting the teeth to rake-heads, and is especially applicable to horse hay-rakes.

It consists in the combination of a raketooth having a cross-piece near its inner end with a rake-head divided into an upper and lower section, the lower section being provided with a cross-shaped recess for the reception of said rake-tooth, so that when the 'tooth is put in place it is efiectually held against a lateral and longitudinal movement, while it is susceptible of a vibratory motion, and hence is adapted to clear any obstructions that may be presented thereto in the passage of the rake over the ground; also, in the combination of a rake-tooth which is bent at its inner end, and provided with a cross-piece near such end, with a rake-head divided into an upper and lower section, and the lower section of which has a cross-shaped recess, which is bent at its inner end correspondingly to said end of the rake-tooth, so that the tooth is adapted to resist a great longitudinal strain, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a rake-tooth, which is provided with a crosspiece, B, near its inner end; and G is a rakehead, constructed of an upper section, 1), and a lower section, D, which are fastened together in any desirable way. In the lower section, D, is formed a recess, E, which extends from the rear edge of the rake-head inward, and is crossshaped, as seen in Fig. 1, so that it is adapted to receive the toothA and its cross-piece B within it, the recess being, moreover, made of a corresponding size to said tooth. Said recess E is formed in the upper siuface of the lower section, D, and when the tooth A is placed therein the upper section, D, should be removed.

It will be seen that the cross-piece B has the effect of preventing both a longitudinal and a lateral movement of the tooth A, while it does not interfere with a vibratory motion thereof, said cross-piece constituting a fLIl-' crum on which the tooth moves.

In order to facilitate said vibratory motion of the tooth A, the bottom of the recess E is inclined from the point of the cross-piece B outward.

The extreme inner end of the tooth A is bent either downward or upward, or in a'lateral direction, being in the example shown bent downward; and the recess E is also bent I at its inner end correspondingly to the tooth A, as at E, Fig. 2, this part E being made of greater depth than the length of the bent end of the tooth A. I

When the rake-tooth A, with its crosspiece B, is placed in the recess E, the bent end of the tooth is inserted in the bent end E of the end with a rake-head divided into an upper and lower section, the lower section being provided with a crossshaped recess for the reception of said rake-tooth, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination of a rake-tooth which is bent at its inner end, and'provided with a cross-piece near said end, with a rake-head divided into an upper and lower section, and the lower section of which has a cross-shaped recess, which is bent at its inner end correspondingly to said end of the rake-tooth, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony thatIclaim the foregoinglhave hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of July, 1877.

WALTER ADBIANGE. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

WM. R. WoonIN, EMOTT WooDIN. 

